Lo Scala si voltò, alzò la mano a un violento gesto di minaccia e rispose, guardandolo fieramente negli occhi: - Ti brucio! VII Uscito dalla casa del Chiarenza e sbarazzatosi con una furiosa scrollata di spalle del Trigona che voleva dimostrargli, tutto dolente, la sua buona intenzione, don Mattia Scala si recò prima in casa d'un suo amico avvocato per esporgli il caso di cui era vittima e domandargli se, potendo agire giudiziariamente per il riconoscimento del suo credito, sarebbe riuscito a impedire al Chiarenza di pigliar possesso del podere.(Pirandello - Novelle per un anno)<>
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Ti prego, lasciami agire correttamente, senza rimorsi.(Pirandello - Novelle per un anno)<>
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Subito, a ogni minima evenienza, si assegnavano le parti; riconoscevano a volo se dovesse parlare o agire l'uno o l'altro; e di ciò che l'uno diceva o faceva l'altro rimaneva sempre contento e soddisfatto, come se meglio non si fosse potuto né dire né fare.(Pirandello - Novelle per un anno)<>
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Non avrebbe esitato un momento, se avesse dovuto agire contro se stesso.(Pirandello - Novelle per un anno)<>
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Ma agire contro un altro, e a tradimento, gli rendeva il ribrezzo invincibile.(Pirandello - Novelle per un anno)<>
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Quanto ad agire nel momento buono, dice che in Vall'Intelvi si faranno tagliare a pezzi, se occorre, «come micch ». (Fogazzaro - Piccolo mondo antico)
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* Le disse che ella era ancor minorenne, e perciò sotto la potestà della madre, la quale, volendo, avrebbe potuto anche agire contro di me, giudiziariamente; che anche lui, in coscienza, non avrebbe saputo approvare un matrimonio con un discolo della mia forza, sciupone e senza cervello, e che non avrebbe potuto perciò consigliarlo alla madre; le disse che al giusto e naturale sdegno materno bisognava che lei sacrificasse pure qualche cosa, che sarebbe poi stata, del resto, la sua fortuna; e concluse che egli non avrebbe potuto infine far altro che provvedere – a patto però che si fosse serbato con tutti il massimo segreto – provvedere al nascituro, fargli da padre, ecco, giacché egli non aveva figliuoli e ne desiderava tanto e da tanto tempo uno. ( Pirandello - Il fu Mattia Pascal )<>
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* Il vocabolario resta lo stesso ; e dinanzi alle cose ed agli uomini dobbiamo agire come prima , e non possiamo agire altrimenti . (G .Papini - Un uomo finito)<>
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* Il sapere solo non mi bastava più : volevo agire . (G .Papini - Un uomo finito)<>
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* Volevo agire ma non umanamente agire — come gli altri , come tutti . (G .Papini - Un uomo finito)<>
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* Vivere si , ma non la vita usata e sempre eguale ; agire , si , ma non per gli antichi scopi . (G .Papini - Un uomo finito)<>
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* Volendo agire sull'uomo in senso inalzante bisognava agire sull'anima . (G .Papini - Un uomo finito)<>
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* Cioè : fare qualche cosa , agire , trasformare — non già soltanto conoscere , descrivere , contemplare . (G .Papini - Un uomo finito)<>
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* Come la conoscenza scientifica creava , in certo modo , i fatti , e la volontà di credere creava la verità , così lo spirito doveva agire sul tutto , creare e trasformare a piacimento , sen:(^ci intermediari . (G .Papini - Un uomo finito)<>
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* Finora , per agire sulle cose esterne , abbiamo bisogno di altre cose esterne , come strumenti , e la nostra mente deve comandare ai nostri muscoli , e questi debbon metter in moto altre parti di realtà materiale per potere muovere o mutare quelle realtà cui miriamo . (G .Papini - Un uomo finito)<>
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* Come noi possiamo agire di già direttamente su certe parti di realtà — quelle che fanno parte di noi o più direttamente si riferiscono a noi — dobbiamo agire su tutta la realtà , su tutta quanta senza eccezione . (G .Papini - Un uomo finito)<>
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* Che m' importava di una piena possibilità perduta nell'incoscienza ? Io volevo agire sulle cose particolari: conoscere , sapere , prevedere . (G .Papini - Un uomo finito)<>
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* Che fare ? Non si può agire senza scegliere . (G .Papini - Un uomo finito)<>
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* QuaFera il gran disegno della mia vita ? Agire sulla mia specie , trasformarla profondamente , condurla dalla bestia all'uomo e dall'uomo a Dio , inaugurare una nuova epoca nella storia del mondo , fissare l'egira mistica dell'umanità . (G .Papini - Un uomo finito)<>
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* Ma per agire sugli uomini bisogna conoscerli ; per cambiare le loro anime bisogna esserci saputi entrare , averle penetrate colla simpatia e coU'amore . (G .Papini - Un uomo finito)<>
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* Egli , quale medico , avrebbe potuto dirmi qualche cosa sulle capacità di risolvere e agire di un moribondo .(I.Svevo - La coscienza di zeno)<>
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* Spiegare a qualcuno come è fatto , è un modo per autorizzarlo ad agire come desidera .(I.Svevo - La coscienza di zeno)<>
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autodecisione
= facoltà dell'uomo di volere e di agire liberamente .<>
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buonafede
= o buona fede , , il convincimento di essere dalla parte della ragione , di non ledere diritti altrui , di agire onestamente
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confusionismo
= tendenza a parlare o agire in modo confuso, disordinato. <>
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consideratezza
= abitudine ad agire dopo aver riflettuto <>
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contribuire
= verbo intr. agire insieme ad altri al fine di raggiungere un determinato risultato <>
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direttiva
= disposizione generale sul modo di agire - di regolarsi - di comportarsi - data di solito da un'autorità o da un dirigente ai propri subordinati <>
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emancipare
= verbo trans . attribuire una capacità di agire - limitata agli atti di ordinaria amministrazione - al minore degli anni diciotto che abbia compiuto i sedici - anche come conseguenza dell'autorizzazione a contrarre matrimonio <>
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forzare
= verbo trans .
= agire con la forza su qualcosa <>
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inabilitato
= participio passato di inabilitare nei sign . del verbo , colui che è stato dichiarato parzialmente incapace di agire con un provvedimento di inabilitazione . <>
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inciprignire
= verbo in transitivo , spingere ad agire <>
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libero
= non soggetto all'altrui autorità che può agire senza subire costrizioni morali e materiali <>
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malizia
= disposizione ad agire deliberatamente contro l'onestà , la virtù, la giustizia <>
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mandato
= incarico di agire per conto di altri <>
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motivazione
= esposizione dei motivi che determinano un fatto, un modo di agire <>
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ostare
= o obstare - verbo intr . chi gestisce un'osteria - domandare all'oste se ha buon vino , fare una domanda inutile , in quanto la risposta è scontata - fare i conti senza l'oste , agire senza tener conto di eventuali complicazioni o impedimenti che potrebbero derivare dall'intervento di altri interessati <>
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pressappochismo
= tendenza ad agire o giudicare con approssimazione , in modo impreciso o superficiale<>
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provvedere
= provedere , verbo intr . agire con previdenza , prendere un provvedimento - verbo transitivo : procacciare - riflessivo : provvedersi <>
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puparo
= burattinaio che fa agire i pupi siciliani .<>
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quinta
= armatura rettangolare alta e stretta , rivestita di carta o tela dipinta , disposta ai lati della scena per chiuderla - stare dietro le quinte , ispirare le azioni altrui senza darlo a vedere - agire , manovrare dietro le quinte , di nascosto , senza comparire <>
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reincarnarerincarnare
= verbo trans. far rivivere, riprodurre fedelmente nelle fattezze, nel carattere, nel modo di agire <>
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ribaldeggiare
= verbo intr. comportarsi, agire da ribaldo. <>
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sbarellare
= verbo intransitivo barcollare , barellare , agire , <>
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scrupolo scrupulo ,
= dubbio , inquietudine che fa temere di agire o di aver agito male , in maniera inopportuna , e fa considerare colpa o mancanza ciò che non lo è incertezza , esitazione di carattere morale , <>
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sputtanare
= verbo transitivo smascherare , svergognare qualcuno , facendogli perdere la stima altrui - screditare deliberatamente qualcuno - sputtanarsi
= verbo riflessivo agire in modo da perdere la stima altrui . <>
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teppismo
= modo di agire proprio dei teppisti <>
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tontolone
= persona stupida , tarda a comprendere e ad agire . <>
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usanza
= modo di vivere o di agire presso un ceto , un gruppo sociale <>
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vigore
= forza vitale di un organismo animale o vegetale che si manifesta nella sua capacità di agire , operare , o di svilupparsi e produrre frutti <>
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Long and her neices must stand their chance; and, therefore, asshe will think it an act of kindness, if you decline the office, I willtake it on myself.<>
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You know it is notsound, and that you would never act in this way yourself.<>
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On this subject, what can you have tosay? In what imaginary act of friendship can you here defend yourself?or under what misrepresentation can you here impose upon others?""You take an eager interest in that gentleman's concerns," said Darcy,in a less tranquil tone, and with a heightened colour.<>
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If, as I concludewill be the case, you send me full powers to act in your name throughoutthe whole of this business, I will immediately give directions toHaggerston for preparing a proper settlement.<>
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But Jane and Elizabeth,who agreed in wishing, for the sake of their sister's feelings andconsequence, that she should be noticed on her marriage by her parents,urged him so earnestly yet so rationally and so mildly, to receive herand her husband at Longbourn, as soon as they were married, that he wasprevailed on to think as they thought, and act as they wished.<>
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Your uncle is as much surprisedas I am--and nothing but the belief of your being a party concernedwould have allowed him to act as he has done.<>
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Yes,Miss Bennet, interest; for do not expect to be noticed by his family orfriends, if you wilfully act against the inclinations of all.<>
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I am only resolved to act in that manner,which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness, withoutreference to you, or to any person so wholly unconnected with me.<>
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Besides, he remembered to have heard it frequentlysurmised by the uninitiated in such matters that by an understoodarrangement between the seconds, the pistols were seldom loaded withball; and, furthermore, he reflected that if he applied to Mr. Snodgrassto act as his second, and depicted the danger in glowing terms, thatgentleman might possibly communicate the intelligence to Mr. Pickwick,who would certainly lose no time in transmitting it to the localauthorities, and thus prevent the killing or maiming of his follower.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Ah! odd indeed,' returned the old gentleman; 'I'm proud of thatboy--wouldn't part with him on any account--he's a natural curiosity!Here, Joe--Joe--take these things away, and open another bottle--d'yehear?'The fat boy rose, opened his eyes, swallowed the huge piece of pie hehad been in the act of masticating when he last fell asleep, and slowlyobeyed his master's orders--gloating languidly over the remains of thefeast, as he removed the plates, and deposited them in the hamper.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Splendid--capital--couldn't act better myself--you must repeat the partto-morrow--every evening till further notice.<>
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Leave the room, Sir--no businesshere--lady's free to act as she pleases--more than one-and-twenty.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Nothing but taking him in the very act of eloping, will convince theold lady, sir,' replied Job.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'But this taking him in the very act of elopement, would be a verydifficult thing to accomplish, I fear,' said Mr. Pickwick.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) On one occasion, after performing this feat, Mr. Tupman, on opening hiseyes, beheld a plump partridge in the act of falling, wounded, tothe ground.<>
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The costs are quite safe, for he's asteady man with a large family, at a salary of five-and-twenty shillingsa week, and if he gives us a warrant of attorney, as he must in the end,I know his employers will see it paid; so we may as well get all we canget out of him, Mr. Wicks; it's a Christian act to do it, Mr. Wicks, forwith his large family and small income, he'll be all the better fora good lesson against getting into debt--won't he, Mr. Wicks, won'the?"--and he smiled so good-naturedly as he went away, that it wasdelightful to see him.<>
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He had had allthe heart to leave his son a beggar, but proud even of his health andstrength, had put off the act till it was too late, and now mightgnash his teeth in the other world, at the thought of the wealth hisremissness had left him.<>
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My first act ofrequital you well remember: this is my last.<>
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D'ye hear?'As Mr. Weller appeared fully disposed to act up to the spirit of thisaddress, Mr. Trotter gradually allowed his face to resume its naturalexpression; and then giving a start of joy, exclaimed, 'What do I see?Mr. Walker!Ah,' replied Sam.<>
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If the authority of the king'sofficers is set at naught, we must have the riot act read.<>
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Mr. Pickwickwas in the very act of relating his adventure of the preceding night,to the great amusement of his followers, Mr. Tupman especially, when thedoor opened, and a somewhat forbidding countenance peeped into the room.<>
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Hisfirst act was to bolt the door on the inside; his second, to polishhis head and countenance very carefully with a cotton handkerchief;his third, to place his hat, with the cotton handkerchief in it, on thenearest chair; and his fourth, to produce from the breast-pocket ofhis coat a short truncheon, surmounted by a brazen crown, with which hebeckoned to Mr. Pickwick with a grave and ghost-like air.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'I beg your pardon, sir, for interrupting you,' said Mr. Pickwick; 'butbefore you proceed to express, and act upon, any opinion you may haveformed on the statements which have been made here, I must claim myright to be heard so far as I am personally concerned.<>
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He would have walked in, and was in thevery act of doing so, indeed, when catching sight of Mr. Weller,he involuntarily shrank back a pace or two, and stood gazing on theunexpected scene before him, perfectly motionless with amazement andterror.<>
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Shenever went out herself, and like a great many other old ladies of thesame stamp, she was apt to consider it an act of domestic treason, ifanybody else took the liberty of doing what she couldn't.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Gabriel paused, in some alarm, in the act of raising the wicker bottleto his lips, and looked round.<>
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A second and a third bowl wereordered in; and when Mr. Pickwick awoke next morning, there was not asymptom of rheumatism about him; which proves, as Mr. Bob Sawyer veryjustly observed, that there is nothing like hot punch in such cases; andthat if ever hot punch did fail to act as a preventive, it was merelybecause the patient fell into the vulgar error of not taking enough ofit.<>
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With that hint that he hadbeen interrupted quite long enough, Mr. Serjeant Snubbin, who had beengradually growing more and more abstracted, applied his glass to hiseyes for an instant, bowed slightly round, and was once more deeplyimmersed in the case before him, which arose out of an interminablelawsuit, originating in the act of an individual, deceased a centuryor so ago, who had stopped up a pathway leading from some place whichnobody ever came from, to some other place which nobody ever went to.<>
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It was upon this occasion that King Lud,seated on the top of his throne in full council, rose, in the exuberanceof his feelings, and commanded the lord chief justice to order in therichest wines and the court minstrels--an act of graciousness which hasbeen, through the ignorance of traditionary historians, attributed toKing Cole, in those celebrated lines in which his Majesty is representedas Calling for his pipe, and calling for his pot, And calling for his fiddlers three.<>
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Howeverdisagreeable Sam's very close watch and great vigilance were to Mr.Winkle, he thought it better to bear with them, than, by any act ofviolent opposition, to hazard being carried away by force, which Mr.Weller more than once strongly hinted was the line of conduct that astrict sense of duty prompted him to pursue.<>
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This action imperfectly described inwords by the very feeble term of 'over the left,' when performed by anynumber of ladies or gentlemen who are accustomed to act in unison, hasa very graceful and airy effect; its expression is one of light andplayful sarcasm.<>
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"See arter the TIMES, Thomas;let me look at the MORNIN' HERALD, when it's out o' hand; don't forgetto bespeak the CHRONICLE; and just bring the 'TIZER, vill you:" and thenhe'd set vith his eyes fixed on the clock, and rush out, just a quarterof a minit 'fore the time to waylay the boy as wos a-comin' in withthe evenin' paper, which he'd read with sich intense interest andpersewerance as worked the other customers up to the wery confines o'desperation and insanity, 'specially one i-rascible old gen'l'm'n as thevaiter wos always obliged to keep a sharp eye on, at sich times, fear heshould be tempted to commit some rash act with the carving-knife.<>
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This involvedthe necessity of looking up at the windows also; and as the young ladywas still there, it was an act of common politeness to wink again, andto drink to her good health in dumb show, in another draught of thebeer, which Sam did; and having frowned hideously upon a small boy whohad noted this latter proceeding with open eyes, he threw one leg overthe other, and, holding the newspaper in both hands, began to read inreal earnest.<>
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Is it the case, mum?'The worthy lady looked at Mr. Stiggins for a reply; that gentleman, withmany rollings of the eye, clenched his throat with his right hand, andmimicked the act of swallowing, to intimate that he was athirst.<>
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RECORDS A TOUCHING ACT OF DELICATE FEELING, NOT UNMIXEDWITH PLEASANTRY, ACHIEVED AND PERFORMED BY Messrs.<>
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This was soon found, and in acouple of hours they all arrived safely in the Spaniards Tea-gardens,where the luckless Mr. Raddle's very first act nearly occasioned hisgood lady a relapse; it being neither more nor less than to order teafor seven, whereas (as the ladies one and all remarked), what couldhave been easier than for Tommy to have drank out of anybody's cup--oreverybody's, if that was all--when the waiter wasn't looking, whichwould have saved one head of tea, and the tea just as good!However, there was no help for it, and the tea-tray came, with sevencups and saucers, and bread-and-butter on the same scale.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) In addition to these points of distraction, Wardle was intrustedwith two small letters to two small young ladies who were to act asbridesmaids; upon the receipt of which, the two young ladies were drivento despair by having no 'things' ready for so important an occasion, andno time to make them in--a circumstance which appeared to afford thetwo worthy papas of the two small young ladies rather a feeling ofsatisfaction than otherwise.<>
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He was muchtroubled at first, by the numerous applications made to him by Mr.Snodgrass, Mr. Winkle, and Mr. Trundle, to act as godfather to theiroffspring; but he has become used to it now, and officiates as a matterof course.<>
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I suppose it's doubtful whether a man ought to act in such a caseon mere personal feeling.<>
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"I bet Sir Arthur Travers wouldn't act onlyon feeling, however strongly he felt.<>
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Heseemed to be always in the act of selling one car and buying another;and by some process, hard for the economic theorist to follow, it wasalways possible to buy a much better article by selling the one that wasdamaged or discredited.<>
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If he could act awizard or a troubadour for six minutes, do you think he could not act aclerk for six weeks?"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "I am still not quite sure of his object," said Boyle.<>
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Miss Maroni, the talented young actress of Italian parentage, who hadundertaken to act an important part in the play that was to be rehearsedthat afternoon and performed that evening, had abruptly and evenviolently refused at the last moment to do anything of the kind.<>
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It's supposed to be what stage-struck young women want, isn't it--to act the beautiful young heroineand marry the beautiful young hero in a shower of bouquets and cheersfrom the gallery? Women of my age naturally have to fall back on actingrespectable matrons, and I was careful to confine myself to that.<>
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"Why, Icould hardly act -- but anyhow it's much too late.<>
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(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "Not if you want her to act in your play," replied Father Brown.<>
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After all, the fourth act is the mainbusiness.<>
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Do you know, he actually wanted a woman likethat to act as a pantomime boy? Admitted that she was a fine actress,but said pantomimes paid better.<>
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They can bearwitness that the whole act was performed without a hitch, with thecharacters on the stage all the time.<>
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Their corporate alibi, as you say, dependschiefly on Lady Miriam and her friend in the box; though there is thegeneral common-sense corroboration that the act had to be gone throughand the routine of the theatre seems to have suffered no interruption.<>
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(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "Because the play was The School for Scandal," replied Father Brown,"and that particular act of The School for Scandal.<>
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But she didn't want inthat sense to act in The School for Scandal.<>
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They were not merely metaphoricallyoutstanding; something prominent and almost bulging about them wasperhaps the only disproportion in his features; but his lips weresensitive and set a little tightly, as if by an act of will.<>
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Infact, it was very nearly an act of self-defence.<>
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I was a sort of understudy; always in a state ofbeing ready to act the assassin.<>
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